• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/26/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-27 01:05:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Friday , February 26, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 26 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps , APIs , Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure Cloud Security and Governance Cloud Computing Events Other Cloud Computing Platforms and Services To use the above links , first click the post’s title to display the single article you want to . navigate Cloud Computing with the

  • What's New 2/26/2010

    Updated: 2010-02-26 23:58:09
    Skip to content Skip to main navigation Skip to 1st column Skip to 2nd column cloudbook : The Cloud Computing SaaS Information Resource Sign up and stay informed : Email Home Community Meet the Contributors Conversations Be a Contributor Directories Cloud Products Services Cloud Groups Government Clouds Research Clouds List Your Products Services What is Cloud Computing Calendar Calendar Submit an Event Blogs Blogs Books Bookstore What's New What's New About About Us Site Features Contact Us What's New 2 26 2010 New Contributors Jon Beck SVP of Sales , Client Services Business Development OpSource Find More Contributors New Content : Article Some Thoughts on Cloud Adoption Methodology Jason Carolan Director , Global Systems Engineering Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems , Inc Cloud data centers focus on two main areas : time to market and cost management . Technically it provides an abstract platform to deploy services and APIs to manipulate those services . The enabler is automation and the ability to systematically optimize the platforms and services . Granted the focus here is moving forward with a transformational platform but its useful to look backwards to address

  • Half of iPhone Users Buy at Least One App Per Month

    Updated: 2010-02-26 23:48:32
    AdMob's "January 2010 Mobile Metrics Report" reveals details about use of mobile app stores.

  • How to Use Open APIs for Business Growth

    Updated: 2010-02-26 23:46:09
    Mobile and cloud platforms are driving a push towards Open APIs.

  • Six Failures of Poor Application Quality

    Updated: 2010-02-26 23:45:00
    Dr. Bill Curtis, SVP and Chief Scientist of CAST Software, explains how poor application quality impacts businesses.

  • Tools for Putting Web Apps to the Cross-Browser Test

    Updated: 2010-02-26 23:43:22
    Even with proven cross-browser testing tools, developers face a number of challenges in readying Web apps for release.

  • SharePoint: Microsoft's 'Secret Weapon Against Google Apps?'

    Updated: 2010-02-26 21:52:29
    The company has been testing a free, ad-supported version of SharePoint -- similar to what Google offers with its basic version of Google Apps.

  • Rackspace CEO Makes America’s 15 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under by Forbes

    Updated: 2010-02-26 17:44:17
    We are very excited to have our very own CEO, Lanham Napier, make the Forbes’ list of America’s 15 Most Powerful CEOs 40 And Under. Lanham is always engaged in the Racker culture and it’s never a surprise to see him go around our office giving high fives. Since the Rackspace Cloud moved into the Castle (Rackspace headquarters), we get to see more of Lanham and he always brings a smile to the face of a Racker. Not a day ... Read More >

  • PayPal to Open App Store for Developers

    Updated: 2010-02-26 00:55:56
    In an effort to strengthen ties with developers, Pay Pal will open an app store later this year.

  • Fixing Independent Programmers' No-Win Scenario

    Updated: 2010-02-26 00:54:27
    Joe Stack's suicide by flying into an IRS building calls attention to the unfair tax treatment of self-employed developers.

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/25/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-25 22:19:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , February 25, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 25 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps , APIs , Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure Cloud Security and Governance Cloud Computing Events Other Cloud Computing Platforms and Services To use the above links , first click the post’s title to display the single article you want to . navigate Cloud Computing with

  • Should You Switch To NoSQL Too?

    Updated: 2010-02-25 19:00:59
    By Jonathan Ellis, Systems Architect With Twitter going public with their plans to switch to Cassandra, a lot of people are asking if they should switch too. Ian Eure from Digg (also switching to Cassandra) gave a great rule of thumb last week at PyCon: “if you’re deploying memcache on top of your database, you’re inventing your own ad-hoc, difficult to maintain NoSQL database,” and you should seriously consider using something explicitly designed for that instead. While there are other reasons to ... Read More >

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/24/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-25 18:39:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , February 25, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 24 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 2 15 2010 : Alternate link to Forrester Research’s Interactive Data Protection Heat Map you’ll find more 2 14 2010 posts and new 2 15 2010 articles are in Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 25 2010+ : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps , APIs , Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure Cloud

  • Scaling Your Monitoring With Scout

    Updated: 2010-02-25 15:53:38
    By H. Wade Minter, Cloud Integration Consultant As a longtime Unix sysadmin, I’ve beaten my head against more system monitoring tools than I care to remember.  However, I’ve recently been playing around with Scout, a hosted monitoring solution, and have been very impressed.  As a bonus, I discovered a cool feature that makes monitoring clusters of cloud servers much less time-consuming.  This article will show you how to use the Scout “Cloud Image” feature to have your new servers automatically monitored. ... Read More >

  • Using the Tropo Web API behind a firewall with Tunnlr

    Updated: 2010-02-25 03:02:43
    Many times we find ourselves sitting behind networks without the ability to open a TCP port to hack on our web services. This may be at a coffee shop, a corporate network or that guest network you just connected to at your developer meetup. We have a solution for that. In steps Tunnlr, a great little [...] Related posts:Ruby on Rails Example for Tropo Web API without port forwarding! New Sample Tropo App – speech-driven weather forecasts in Ruby Jason Goecke: Writing a Ruby app for Tropo

  • Performance Testing in Agile Environments

    Updated: 2010-02-24 22:01:54
    This HP white paper helps readers gain a closer understanding of how to integrate performance testing into Agile processes.

  • Microsoft Sets App Dev Investment Priorities

    Updated: 2010-02-24 21:59:58
    The tech behemoth will put its money behind cloud computing, the Web, parallel computing, new devices, and agile and distributed development.

  • The Rackspace Cloud Partner Program Is Here!

    Updated: 2010-02-24 14:06:46
    Cloud computing was listed as one of the top 10 Web Trends for 2010 in a recent CNN article written by Pete Cashmore. It’s only February and it’s already been a very busy year for the Rackspace Cloud with our release of Cloud Servers for Windows Beta – listen to our latest State of The Rackspace Cloud podcast to learn more of what we’re up to. If you’re interested in cloud computing and want to be a part of this ... Read More >

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/22/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-23 23:54:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Tuesday , February 23, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 22 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps , APIs , Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure Cloud Security and Governance Cloud Computing Events Other Cloud Computing Platforms and Services To use the above links , first click the post’s title to display the single article you want to . navigate Cloud Computing with

  • See Voxeo in the Google I/O Sandbox

    Updated: 2010-02-23 20:30:37
    Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer visits Voxeo HQ See Voxeo in the Google I O Sandbox February 23rd , 2010 by Adam Kalsey Google I O is the tech giant’s annual developer conference May 19 and 20. The event includes sessions on how to build applications with Google technologies ranging from Android to App Engine and the Developer Sandbox a demo pit of companies showing off what they’ve built with . Google Voxeo will be in the Sandbox , demonstrating our real-time communications platforms with everything from production applications on Google platforms to experimental apps from our toy . box Voxeo’s collaboration and communication platforms can be tightly integrated with Google technologies . Build and deploy rich multi-modal communications applications on Google App Engine . Organize a conference call within Google Wave , then call in with your phone or participate directly from your browser . Embed collaboration and web meeting spaces into any Google Friend Connect site . Or use Google Talk to interact with your users through any . application If you’re heading to Google I O , come by and see us . Or contact Ananda Cheddie if you’re in the area and would like

  • Networking and Cloud Servers – More On The Interfaces

    Updated: 2010-02-23 16:57:03
    By Nicolas Keller, Cloud Architect Last week, I mentioned that each and every Cloud Server comes with two interfaces. In this post, I’d like to explore them. The Public Interface The first interface is the Public one (usually eth0 on a Linux system). This interface comes directly connected to the Internet and with one public IP address. It is also possible to request more public IP addresses (via ticket) and assign them to the interface. Having more than one IP address per public ... Read More >

  • Archive of Feb 18 Unified Self-Service/Multi-Channel Webinar now available

    Updated: 2010-02-23 16:47:31
    If you missed our free webinar last week about “Multi-Channel Customer Care: A Survey of Consumer Preferences” you can now view and listen to the webinar either at this URL: http://www.brighttalk.com/webcasts/8656/play Or through the embedded player here: The list of resources I reference in the webinar can be found at: www.voxeo.com/unifiedselfservice We have several other webinars and resources about [...] Related posts:Free Webinar Tomorrow – Is 50% of Voice Self-Service Dead in 5 Years?

  • The Hidden Costs of Internal Clouds

    Updated: 2010-02-23 05:50:00
    866 578-6127 Home Products Resources Company Blog News Events Customer Login Enterprise Cloud Computing Blog The Hidden Costs of Internal Clouds Posted by Ellen Rubin on Feb 23, 2010 at 12:50 PM Digg Reddit Delicious StumbleUpon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn By Ellen Rubin A public cloud can provide access to computing resources that many companies would otherwise never be able to afford . The arguments for the cloud are well-known by now , but remain compelling no up-front costs , virtually unlimited computing power on demand , and highly efficient pricing where customers pay only for resources used . There's also less pressure on corporate IT departments that are charged with managing the infrastructure and budgeting for new equipment to keep up with demand . nbsp But concerns about security and loss of control in public clouds have led to an alternative model the internal cloud that replicates the cloud environment inside the corporate firewall . Within these boundaries , enterprise users can provision computing resources as needed , using the cloud's self-service capabilities while leveraging data center services . Internal clouds are often referred to as private clouds , but since

  • Who’s Ready to Develop LINQ to Esent?

    Updated: 2010-02-22 22:04:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Monday , February 22, 2010 Who’s Ready to Develop LINQ to Esent Ayende Rahien’s Hidden Windows Gems : Extensible Storage Engine post of 12 23 2008 spreads the word that Microsoft has released a managed library for Esent.exe , a robust hierarchical database that’s embedded into Windows versions 2000 and later and is the foundation for the storage engine of Microsoft Exchange . Update 2 22 2010 Laurion Burchall released the ESENT Managed Interface v1.5 Stable to CodePlex on 9 12 2009 under a Microsoft Public License MS PL The releases : include ManagedEsent A NET interop API for ESENT . Use this if you want to write an ESENT application . PersistentDictionary A persistent , generic , NET dictionary built on top of ESENT . Use this if you

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/19/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-21 19:46:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Sunday , February 21, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 19 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps , APIs , Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure Cloud Security and Governance Cloud Computing Events Other Cloud Computing Platforms and Services To use the above links , first click the post’s title to display the single article you want to . navigate Cloud Computing with the

  • What's New 2/19/2010

    Updated: 2010-02-20 00:44:07
    Skip to content Skip to main navigation Skip to 1st column Skip to 2nd column cloudbook : The Cloud Computing SaaS Information Resource Sign up and stay informed : Email Home Community Meet the Contributors Conversations Be a Contributor Directories Cloud Products Services Cloud Groups Government Clouds Research Clouds List Your Products Services What is Cloud Computing Calendar Calendar Submit an Event Blogs Blogs Books Bookstore What's New What's New About About Us Site Features Contact Us What's New 2 19 2010 New Contributors Dr Stefan Ried Sr Analyst Forrester Research Inc Benoit Hudzia Senior Researcher SAP Research Find More Contributors The Cloudbook Magazine : Issue One The Cloudbook Magazine With the emergence of cloud computing , we felt that the community of writers , suppliers and consumers interested in cloud needed a monthly magazine that reflected both a consolidated view of what happened in cloud for the month , and also provided a place for contributor viewpoints to be published . We invite you to take a look at this first edition . Links are included for all article summaries so you can easily get to the original content . Read the Inaugural Issue New Content :

  • .NET Rocks! Talk Show With Cloud Rackers Josh Odom & Bret Piatt

    Updated: 2010-02-18 22:30:31
    If you are a Windows enthusiast, you may be familiar with the weekly talk show, .NET Rocks! The show is made for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform and ranges from introductory information to what they call “hardcore geekiness.” At the Rackspace Cloud, we’re geeks too and are committed to delivering Windows in the Cloud so we thought it was a perfect opportunity to be guests on the .NET Rocks! talk show. Last week our Technical Alliance Manager, ... Read More >

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/17/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-18 19:42:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , February 18, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 17 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database , Azure AppFabric and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 3 18 2010 : SQL Azure Service Update SU 1 and . more : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps , APIs , Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure Cloud Security and Governance Cloud Computing Events Other Cloud Computing Platforms and Services To use the above links , first click the post’s

  • Why an 'Apps' Guy Moved to the Cloud

    Updated: 2010-02-18 05:55:00
    866 578-6127 Home Products Resources Company Blog News Events Customer Login Enterprise Cloud Computing Blog Why an Apps' Guy Moved to the Cloud Posted by John McEleney on Feb 18, 2010 at 12:55 PM Digg Reddit Delicious StumbleUpon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn I have spent most of my career involved in the development of software applications . For the past seven years , I had the honor of leading SolidWorks , the 1 mainstream 3D CAD company in the world . When I left in 2007 we had over 750,000 users and tens of thousands of companies using our software . They were designing products that you and I use in our everyday . lives Through a lot of hard work of hundreds of employees and some luck we helped create a lot of value for these customers as well as our investors and business partners . In addition to good luck which we admittedly had a lot of we capitalized on a fundamental platform shift : Unix to Windows . This platform shift , combined with a business model shift direct sales to indirect sales created a significant amount of value . nbsp I sense the same opportunity with the . cloud After taking some time off , I spent time with some local venture capital firms looking at a lot

  • Free Webinar Tomorrow – Is 50% of Voice Self-Service Dead in 5 Years?

    Updated: 2010-02-17 17:21:42
    When our CEO tells people that he believes 50% of voice self-service will be dead in 5 years, people often look at him like he’s insane. I mean, after all, voice self-service is what we have historically offered here at Voxeo and we are today the largest worldwide provider of VoiceXML hosting. But [...] Related posts:Archive of Feb 18 Unified Self-Service/Multi-Channel Webinar now available

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/15/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-17 00:24:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Tuesday , February 16, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 15 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Updated 2 16 2010 2:30 PM PST : Updates for Tuesday : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps , Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure Cloud Security and Governance Cloud Computing Events Other Cloud Computing Platforms and Services To use the above links , first click the post’s title to display the single article

  • Tutorial – Adding Tropo to Google Wave

    Updated: 2010-02-16 20:26:56
    There is another great tutorial that Zhao Lu (aka – @zlu) has done, showing how to use Tropo with Google Wave. Zhao takes JRuby, the Rave gem (created by Jason Rush, aka @diminish7) and creating a Google Wave Robot that allows you to create a callable conference in a Wave. The complete tutorial and code example is [...] Related posts:Ruby on Rails Example for Tropo Web API without port forwarding! Slides from eComm Tropo Tutorial Session New Tropo Web API, Conferencing and more

  • A Quick Look at Voxeo’s 8 Acquisitions…

    Updated: 2010-02-16 17:11:30
    Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Voxeo and Telenet Partner to Deliver Contact Center Solutions Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer visits Voxeo HQ A Quick Look at Voxeo’s 8 Acquisitions February 16th , 2010 by Dan York With the recent announcement of our acquisition of ClackPoint we had a number of folks ask what were the eight acquisitions we mentioned in the news release . So to answer that question , here is a quick list click the titles to view the news releases ClackPoint , January 2010 ClackPoint is the leading real-time multi-media collaboration platform . Over 100,000 people each month use ClackPoint’s online voice , video and text virtual conference rooms to connect and collaborate with colleagues , friends , and social networks . Attendees can access ClackPoint’s virtual conference rooms using any telephone , SIP VoIP device and service , Skype phone and IM clients , and ClackPoint’s own Flash-based phone and IM web client . Additionally , ClackPoint’s easy API enables developers and enterprises to add these capabilities to new and existing applications . ClackPoint also provides pre-built widgets” that work with existing applications and platforms including Google Wave . You can

  • Pre-Register for Our Upcoming Beta Program

    Updated: 2010-02-16 16:45:00
    Today we held our first webinar about our upcoming beta program. Beginning in March, we’l be making two products available to beta customers: our free CloudSwitch Explorer and a free trial version of our commercial CloudSwitch Enterprise. Stay tuned for the beta releases in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, you can pre-register now to join the expanded beta.

  • Optimizing Your Wordpress Site

    Updated: 2010-02-16 16:05:34
    Chad Keck, Cloud Guru My colleague wrote an excellent article the other week on making your web sites load faster by leveraging the Rackspace Cloud Files & CDN platform to serve all static content on your site. I want to take this a step further for those of you who leverage the Wordpress platform which is one of the most popular open-source web applications in existence. In the Wordpress community there are countless plugins that can be used for optimization, so how ... Read More >

  • State of The Rackspace Cloud Podcast, Episode 2

    Updated: 2010-02-15 15:12:19
    Angela Bartels, Cloud Maven This is the State of The Rackspace Cloud Podcast, Episode 2 and first podcast of 2010. We recorded on January 14th 2010 with Founders Jonathan Bryce, Todd Morey, Jason Seats, Director of Product, Chandler Vaughn and GM, Emil Sayegh. Listen to Podcast Now Download in iTunes Here are the minutes: Castle Move,   0:00 – 3:30 Last podcast, we were located at the Weston Centre in downtown San Antonio. Since then, we have moved to the newest Rackspace headquarters which we call ... Read More >

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/12/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-14 18:53:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Sunday , February 14, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 12 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 2 14 2010 8:00 AM PST : New items on Sunday . morning Update 2 13 2010 8:00 AM PST : New items on Saturday . morning Update 2 12 2010 4:00 PM PST : Live Bing , Silverlight , OGDI , and Azure at the Olympic Games on 2 11 2010. Go here for the live apps that use Azure , Open Government Data Initiative OGDI or . both : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and

  • Weekend link dump

    Updated: 2010-02-14 14:07:39
    Time to clear my bookmarks out. Here’s some stuff you might enjoy. Mark Headd has been playing with CouchDB shows how to install it and use it with Tropo. Mark’s detailed instructions on installing CouchDB should be able to help you quickly get this up and running. Not familiar with CouchDB? It’s a database that is [...] Related posts:How to call your VoiceXML, CCXML or CallXML app directly from Skype

  • An Answer to David Linthicum’s Questions about the Prospects for Windows Azure in his 2/12/2010 Podcast

    Updated: 2010-02-13 23:44:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Saturday , February 13, 2010 An Answer to David Linthicum’s Questions about the Prospects for Windows Azure in his 2 12 2010 Podcast David Linthicum is an early thought leader in the cloud-computing space , the writer of InfoWorld’s Cloud Computing blog the author of Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise : A Step by Step Guide and the newly appointed Chief Technical Officer of the Bick Group who acquired Dave’s Blue Mountain Labs Here’s his bio from the Leveraging Information and Intelligence blog on : ebizQ David Linthicum is the CTO of Bick Group , and an internationally known distributed computing and application integration expert . He has twenty years of experience in the integration technology industry , most

  • What's New 2/12/2010

    Updated: 2010-02-12 23:59:17
    Skip to content Skip to main navigation Skip to 1st column Skip to 2nd column cloudbook : The Cloud Computing SaaS Information Resource Sign up and stay informed : Email Home Community Meet the Contributors Conversations Be a Contributor Directories Cloud Products Services Cloud Groups Government Clouds Research Clouds List Your Products Services What is Cloud Computing Calendar Calendar Submit an Event Blogs Blogs Books Bookstore What's New What's New About About Us Site Features Contact Us What's New 2 12 2010 New Contributors Guy Rosen Co-Founder CEO Vircado Scott Sanchez Director of Cloud Security Solutions Unisys Corp Find More Contributors New Content : Paper Model-Driven Application Deployment for Cloud Computing Environments By Jason Carolan and Steve Gaede The accepted best practice for creating packages for cloud computing environments is to create a hand-crafted golden master image of the application or service . This golden master can then be versioned , executed , and replicated as determined by the deployment model . While this has been generally accepted as the most efficient approach , it is not . This white paper examines this best practice and demonstrates how a

  • Ruby on Rails Example for Tropo Web API without port forwarding!

    Updated: 2010-02-12 16:44:18
    Zhao Lu (aka @zlu) has shared a tutorial he has done using Ruby on Rails and our recently released Tropo Web API. The tutorial shows how to add, or build, the Tropo features to your Rails application in 15 minutes using our REST/JSON API. All of this deployed to Heroku for easy application deployment. Another great [...] Related posts:Using the Tropo Web API behind a firewall with Tunnlr Tutorial – Adding Tropo to Google Wave New Sample Tropo App – speech-driven weather forecasts in Ruby

  • Determining Your Azure Services Platform Usage Charges

    Updated: 2010-02-11 18:08:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , February 11, 2010 Determining Your Azure Services Platform Usage Charges I see many questions from Azure Services Platform users about determining usage of Windows Azure compute , storage and AppFabric resources , as well as SQL Azure Databases , but seldom see an . answer Updated 2 11 2010 : Changes to Online Bill page and addition of Data Transfer Usage , SQL Azure and Windows Azure Usage Charges pages , as well as sample monthly charge . estimate Here’s how to estimate monthly charges and determine your daily usage of these : resources 1. Sign into Microsoft Online Service’s Customer Portal and log in with the Windows Live ID for your Windows Azure and SQL Azure services click reduced-size images to display 1024x768 captures

  • Come Work For The Rackspace Cloud

    Updated: 2010-02-11 17:29:31
    Angela Bartels, Cloud Maven The Rackspace Cloud is growing quickly. We’re enabling developers and business decision-makers to avoid the hassles and costs of dedicated hardware while offering the scalability of the Cloud. With this rapid growth, we’re rapidly looking for more people to help us bring cloud computing power to the masses. If you’re a technology enthusiast who wants to work in a challenging environment, enjoys wearing jeans and your favorite Threadless t-shirt, can play a good game of ping ... Read More >

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/10/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-10 22:09:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Wednesday , February 10, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 10 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps , Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure Cloud Security and Governance Cloud Computing Events Other Cloud Computing Platforms and Services To use the above links , first click the post’s title to display the single article you want to . navigate Cloud Computing with the

  • Networking and Cloud Servers – Introduction and First Line of Defense

    Updated: 2010-02-10 15:25:42
    By Nicolas Keller, Cloud Architect Being able to create a Cloud Server on the fly is a great proposition. A Cloud Server is defined by its memory, storage and burstable CPU. It is also defined by its network properties, which can allow it to become part of the Internet, or not. To start with the basics, each Cloud Server comes bundled with two Ethernet interfaces: •    A Public one (eth0 on a linux server) that is reachable from the Internet and is allocated ... Read More >

  • Using Biometrics in your Voice Applications

    Updated: 2010-02-10 13:01:23
    Voxeo Developers Corner Tips , tricks and tutorials about developing applications on Voxeo platforms Tropo Web API Jam Session Weekend link dump Using Biometrics in your Voice Applications February 10th , 2010 by Adam Kalsey How do you authenticate your callers before giving them access to confidential information What if your application could recognize the caller’s voice Voxeo has partnered with four of the leading voice biometrics suppliers to make implementing this technology in your VoiceXML application . easier We’ve written a how-to guide for each biometrics vendor showing the steps required to get set up with their platform and put together sample code for integrating biometrics into your VoiceXML . app The intent of these guides and the trial accounts that our partners are offering is to introudce developers to voice biometrics on Voxeo’s platforms and demonstrate voice verification services with each . vendor With each vendor , the general process is to apply for a developer or trial account and then use your account information in the sample VoiceXML applications that we’ll give you . You’re welcome to explore the documentation from each vendor to create more complex

  • Voxeo and Telenet Partner to Deliver Contact Center Solutions

    Updated: 2010-02-10 00:51:44
    Voxeo Talks A view inside Voxeo Guest Post : PerSay on Voice Biometrics A Quick Look at Voxeo’s 8 Acquisitions Voxeo and Telenet Partner to Deliver Contact Center Solutions February 10th , 2010 by Sabine Winterkamp Telenet Contact Center Solutions are immediatly available as on-premise or hosted SaaS using Voxeo Prophecy and VoiceObjects . platform Telenet will deliver its solutions on Voxeo´s Prophecy and VoiceObjects Unified Self-Service platforms using Voxeo on-demand hosting , on-premise software or in hybrid combinations of both . These options allow Telenet customers for both unexpectedly high call volumes and for disaster . recovery Read the full story Related : posts Voxeo Prophecy Receives Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award Want to save and recruit better contact center agents Let Evolv On-Demand show you . how Voxeo and TradeHarbor partner to provide voice biometrics and fight identity theft Voxeo partners with Remego to unlock contact centers in APAC Region Voxeo Receives 2008 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award If you found this post interesting or helpful , please consider either subscribing via RSS becoming a fan on Facebook or following

  • “Cloudy” Standards - How Important are Industry Standards for your Data Center Transformation and Cloud Projects?

    Updated: 2010-02-09 22:51:00
    The topic of cloud standards has been discussed for the last year with little progress. t is becoming much more important as more enterprises are getting into the cloud. n this post, I will focus on why industry standards are so important for enterprises, especially when considering virtualization, automation, data center transformation, or cloud projects.Read more...

  • The Rackspace Cloud Announces Cloud Servers for Windows

    Updated: 2010-02-09 19:12:33
    By Chandler C Vaughn, Director of Product Management It’s finally here: Windows Beta for Cloud Servers. Customers and prospects have been waiting patiently and we have no doubt that the new offering will prove worth the wait. We are releasing the Windows Beta for Cloud Servers the right way—and at half the cost of other cloud providers. The Right Way Although we initially launched Cloud Servers offering a variety of Linux distributions, we are not new to building and supporting Microsoft solutions.  About ... Read More >

  • What If You Could Provision in the Cloud Using Your Existing Data Center Tools?

    Updated: 2010-02-09 14:25:00
    866 578-6127 Home Products Resources Company Blog News Events Customer Login Enterprise Cloud Computing Blog What If You Could Provision in the Cloud Using Your Existing Data Center Tools Posted by George Moberly on Feb 09, 2010 at 9:25 AM Digg Reddit Delicious StumbleUpon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn What if you could use your incumbent data center bare metal provisioning tools to create application instances in the cloud Today you may be using familiar tools in your data center to build out new application stacks successfully , such as Microsoft ADS or RIS , Kickstart or Autoyast , HP Opsware or BMC BladeLogic , or Altiris . You may have also made a significant additional investment in front-ending these provisioning tools with an in-house developed provisioning portal , or orchestrating these tools with a workflow or Runbook automation . tool These tools and processes require a significant investment in their deployment and in the authoring and configuration knowledge that is embedded within them . But , as flexible as these tools are in reliably building configurations , they are not usable as-is with compute resources in the cloud . Consider Amazon EC2, for example . How will you

  • Emerging Tech Talk #47 – Voice Biometrics – Bill Morrow of CSIdentity

    Updated: 2010-02-09 00:15:07
    Emerging Tech Talk A video podcast on emerging technology issues Emerging Tech Talk 46 Voice Biometrics Peter Soufleris of Vocalect Emerging Tech Talk 47 Voice Biometrics Bill Morrow of CSIdentity February 9th , 2010 by Dan York Click to Play http : blogs.voxeo.com ett What are the trends in voice biometrics and how is CSIdentity unique in the industry In this segment of our Voice Biometrics series , host Dan York interviews Bill Morrow , Chairman and CEO of CSIdentity about their biometric services , trends in voice biometrics and what makes CSIdentity’s services different than others in the field . Please visit http : www.voxeo.com biometrics to learn more about how to incorporate voice biometrics into new or existing applications on Voxeo's . platform If you enjoyed this show , please consider one or more of these options : subscribing via iTunes subscribing to our YouTube account if you are a YouTube user subscribing to our RSS feed following us on Twitter following us on FriendFeed Thank you . This Voxeo podcast can be found on the web at http : blogs.voxeo.com ett If you have comments or feedback about this show , you can either leave comments here on the show blog site or

  • Guest Post: TradeHarbor on Voice Biometrics

    Updated: 2010-02-09 00:07:50
    This guest post is from Paul Heirendt, co-founder, president and CEO of TradeHarbor and is part of our voice biometrics announcement today. Visit the announcement page to watch a video interview with Paul Heirendt. In today’s digital world we increasingly interact remotely, this has lead to increased risk and unprecedented growth in Fraud & Identity Theft, [...] Related posts:Guest Post: Vocalect on Voice Biometrics Guest Post: PerSay on Voice Biometrics Guest Post – CSIdentity Voice Verified: Why We’re Speaking Up!

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/8/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-08 21:55:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Monday , February 08, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 8 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . : Note This post is updated daily or more frequently , depending on the availability of new articles in the following : sections Azure Blob , Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database SADB AppFabric : Access Control , Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps , Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure Cloud Security and Governance Cloud Computing Events Other Cloud Computing Platforms and Services To use the above links , first click the post’s title to display the single article you want to . navigate Cloud Computing with the Windows

  • Funding Details for the Third (Azure) Cloud-Computing Grant to the National Science Foundation (NSF)

    Updated: 2010-02-07 17:16:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Sunday , February 07, 2010 Funding Details for the Third Azure Cloud-Computing Grant to the National Science Foundation NSF The National Science Foundation announced on 2 4 2010 that the directorate for Computer Information Science Engineering CISE and Office of CyberInfrastructure OCI W ill offer funding for researchers to explore the use of the Microsoft Windows Azure platform via three mechanisms : supplemental grants to existing awards , EAGER grants , and a forthcoming new solicitation . All of these mechanisms will be used to support any kind of computing research and software development for any type of application associated with the Windows Azure platform , perhaps in combination with the use of other platforms . Researchers may

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/3/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-06 00:31:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Friday , February 05, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 3 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Updated 2 5 2010 : Gary Orenstein : Why Azure Could Help Drive Cloud Revenue in 2010 Dave Kearns : User provisioning : right access to the right people Bill Lodin : Why Windows Azure Brian Ye : SQL Azure Woes Visual Studio Team : Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.1 February 2010 Are Available for Download Windows Azure Team : Real World Windows Azure : Interview with Joannès Vermorel , CEO of Lokad Jon Oltsik : What type of organizations are increasing their use of cloud computing Eric Nelson : Microsoft will be running a Windows Azure’

  • What's New 2/5/2010

    Updated: 2010-02-05 20:37:20
    Skip to content Skip to main navigation Skip to 1st column Skip to 2nd column cloudbook : The Cloud Computing SaaS Information Resource Sign up and stay informed : Email Home Community Meet the Contributors Conversations Be a Contributor Directories Cloud Products Services Cloud Groups Government Clouds Research Clouds List Your Products Services What is Cloud Computing Calendar Calendar Submit an Event Blogs Blogs Books Bookstore What's New What's New About About Us Site Features Contact Us What's New 2 5 2010 New Contributors Killian Murphy Cloud Strategist Cloudscaling Alaric Snell-Pym Chief Software Architect GenieDB Find More Contributors New Content : Article Security Pitfalls and concerns with public Clouds Vince Vasquez Co-Founder at Cloudbook The Co-Founder of cloudbook.net , Vince Vasquez , discusses some of the challenges that come with the cloud , as well as some of the . benefits : Podcast Cloudbook Uses Social Media to Gather Best Practices Vince Vasquez Co-Founder at Cloudbook One of the Founders of Cloudbook , Vince Vasquez , sits down with Fed Cloud Blog to talk about what his site does , exactly , and why he started . it : Paper GenieDB Technology Overview White

  • Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.1 (February 2010) Are Available for Download

    Updated: 2010-02-05 18:57:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Friday , February 05, 2010 Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.1 February 2010 Are Available for Download The Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 1.1 February 2010 page of 2 1 2010 describes the new : tools Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio extend Visual Studio 2008 and the upcoming Visual Studio 2010 RC to enable the creation , configuration , building , debugging , running and packaging of scalable web applications and services on Windows Azure . Installation includes the Windows Azure SDK . Update : For VS 2010 Beta 2 please use the November 2009 release . Here’s the : Overview New for version 1.1 : Windows Azure Drive : Enable a Windows Azure application to use existing NTFS APIs to access a

  • Rackspace Cloud Tech Podcast – Linux Kernel & Xen

    Updated: 2010-02-05 15:36:47
    In this Rackspace Cloud Tech Podcast, Major Hayden (aka @rackerhacker) talks about the future of the Linux kernel and Xen and how they go together. Tune in to learn more. Download Podcast Now. Subscribe to our Feed.

  • Updated URLs for Online References in “Cloud Computing with the Azure Services Platform,” Chapters 1 and 2

    Updated: 2010-02-04 23:28:00
    : , skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Thursday , February 04, 2010 Updated URLs for Online References in Cloud Computing with the Azure Services Platform , 8221 Chapters 1 and 2 Some URL for online references in my Cloud Computing with the Azure Services Platform book have grown stale , so following are the first in a series of posts containing updated direct not bit.ly links for chapters 1 and 2 updated on 2 4 : 2010 Chapter 1 : Surveying the Role of Cloud Computing August 9, 2006 interview by Danny Sullivan at the Search Engine Strategies Conference Toward a Unified Ontology of Cloud Computing research paper by Lamia Youseff University of California , Santa Barbara , California and Maria Butrico and Dilma Da Silva IBM T.J . Watson Research Center , Yorktown , New York

  • January 2010 Uptime Reports for OakLeaf Azure Test Harness Running in the South Central US Data Center

    Updated: 2010-02-03 15:40:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Wednesday , February 03, 2010 January 2010 Uptime Reports for OakLeaf Azure Test Harness Running in the South Central US Data Center Update 2 3 2010 : Following is a screen capture the Pingdom monthly report for 1 1 through 1 31 2010, which arrived Wednesday : morning Pingdom reported substantially more downtime 110 minutes than mon.itor.us 9 minutes Following is a screen capture of the detailed downtime report for the period Azure Tables(1 csv Following are mon.itor.us Uptime reports for the the OakLeaf OakLeaf Systems Azure Table Services Sample Project from Cloud Computing with the Windows Azure Platform running in Microsoft’s San Antonio , Texas South Central US data center for the first four weeks of Windows Azure’s commercial :

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2/1/2010+

    Updated: 2010-02-02 18:47:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Tuesday , February 02, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 2 1 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Update 2 2 2010 : Ken North : Oracle's Direction in Cloud Computing Lori MacVittie : Alice in Wondercloud : The Bidirectional Rabbit Hole Nenshad Bardoliwalla : The Unified Performance , Risk , and Compliance Model Part IV Model and Optimize Om Malik : Microsoft Finally Opens Azure for Business Robert Rowley , MD : Should the feds certify EHR Usability David Linthicum : The why and how of private clouds SYS-CON Events : Cloud Expo 2010 West Venue Announced Craig Balding : Brucon 2009 : The Belgian Beer Lovers Guide to Cloud Security 6 7 John Moore : iPHR

  • Optimizing Your Drupal Site

    Updated: 2010-02-02 16:12:12
    Chad Keck, Cloud Guru Drupal is a widely used open-source CMS platform that is becoming increasingly popular by the day. I have personally used Drupal on/off since v4 and have seen it mature over the years into my preferred content management system. Here at the Rackspace Cloud we speak to hundreds if not thousands of new customers and prospects that are either wanting to migrate their existing Drupal sites into the Cloud or start fresh with Drupal. Improving performance is always a ... Read More >

  • Opscamp Austin: IT Ops and the Cloud

    Updated: 2010-02-02 11:45:00
    : 866 578-6127 Home Products Resources Company Blog News Events Customer Login Enterprise Cloud Computing Blog Opscamp Austin : IT Ops and the Cloud Posted by John Considine on Feb 02, 2010 at 6:45 AM Digg Reddit Delicious StumbleUpon Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Going to a conference focused on IT on a Saturday sounds like a really geeky way to spend a weekend , but thanks to an alternative venue the un conference format , and a group of really good people , it was a great day . nbsp I just got back from Opscamp Austin a meeting of IT professionals , system administrators , tools vendors , cloud providers , and people who spend their time building and keeping the computing infrastructure of business running . nbsp Many thanks to those who built this un-conference especially John Willis Mark Hinkle Damon Edwards and all of the sponsors and presenters you pulled together a great . event Opscamp was created to allow an open exchange of ideas around next generation technologies and strategies for IT Operations . rdquo The big topics at this meeting as measured by both passion and interest were Monitoring , Configuration Management , and . DevOps I was particularly interested in these

  • Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1/29/2010+

    Updated: 2010-01-31 23:29:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar OakLeaf Systems OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database SADB LINQ , ADO.NET Entity Framework , WCF Data Services formerly Astoria Microsoft Synchronization Framework , SQL Server 2005+ , SQL Server CE , NET database , and Web services projects . TIP : Click the latest item's title below to speed . loading Sunday , January 31, 2010 Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 1 29 2010+ Windows Azure , SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series . Updated 1 31 2010 : Sales Dot Two Inc . Sales 2.0 Conference : Sales Productivity in the Clouds Sam Johnston : Oracle Cloud Computing Forum[ John Mokkosian-Kane : Event-Driven Architecture in the Clouds with Windows Azure Chris Hoff : Where Are the Network Virtual Appliances Hobbled By the Virtual Network , That’s Where Stephen Chapman : Microsoft Confirms Windows Phone 7 to be Discussed at Energize IT 2010 Microsoft Partner Network : Windows Azure Platform Partner Hub David Burela : Using Windows Azure to scale your Silverlight Application Using

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